Opus Atlantica is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 power metal

Power metal

Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...

 band. It is a project of Pete Sandberg a prominent Swedish singer, who has participated in creation of at least 20 full-length albums. Additionally, Jonas Reingold

Jonas Reingold

Jonas Reingold is a bass guitar player from Malmö, Sweden. He started to play bass in 1986 when he subbed for a friend in the local famous act WIRE. The band was happy with his performance and offered him the spot...

, a notable Swedish bassist

Bassist

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 who has also been involved with such bands as Time Requiem

Time Requiem

Time Requiem is a Swedish neoclassical, melodic power metal band created by Richard Andersson in 2001. Andersson created the band that summer, when he felt that his previous project - Majestic - had come to a dead end.-Biography:...

 and The Flower Kings

The Flower Kings

The Flower Kings are a Swedish progressive rock group. Formed in August 1994 by veteran guitarist Roine Stolt as a touring band to support his solo album The Flower King, the band stayed together after the tour and have gone on to become one of the most prolific studio recording units in rock music...

, is also a band member. The band claims influences from heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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, opera

Opera

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 and traditional hard rock

Hard rock

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, resulting in its neo-classical

Neo-classical metal

Neo-classical metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that is heavily influenced by classical music. It refers to a very technical performanceExact quote from the french text: "L'arrivée du néoclassique remet au goût du jour la virtuosité et le travail de l'instrument", « Les secrets du metal-...

 sound.

Line-up

• Pete Sandberg–vocals
• Johan Reinholdz
  Johan Reinholdz
  Johan Reinholdz is a progressive metal artist best known for his work with the Swedish progressive metal band Andromeda, Swedish death metal band NonExist and the melodic death metal band Skyfire. He composed Andromeda's debut album, Extension of the Wish.- Biography :Reinholdz was born on June...
  
  –guitars
• Jonas Reingold
  Jonas Reingold
  Jonas Reingold is a bass guitar player from Malmö, Sweden. He started to play bass in 1986 when he subbed for a friend in the local famous act WIRE. The band was happy with his performance and offered him the spot...
  
  –bass, keyboards
• Jaime Salazar
  Jaime Salazar
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  –drums
• Robert Engstrand
  Robert Engstrand
  Karl Robert Oscar "Bob" Engstrand is a keyboard player currently living in Helsinki, Finland.In 1999, Robert graduated from Malmö Academy of Music and has since then toured/recorded with bands/artists such as:...
  
  –keyboards

External links

• Opus Atlantica at Regain Records
  Regain Records
  Regain Records is a Swedish based independent record label. The label predominantly releases death metal and black metal albums. Regain Records was founded from what remained of the former label, Wrong Again Records, by Per Gyllenbäck in 1997...